Collecting, Preserving and Sharing the Stories from our Family Tree .......One Bite at a Time

Monday, September 6, 2010

A Line of Mothers

I enjoyed making my mom a birthday card this year that included a photographic record of our maternal line. I'm proud to be from this line of beautiful, tough, faithful women, often unacknowledged. I'm just as much a part of them as I am a Haynes-my father's father's father's line. (maybe I'll have to hunt down some photos for that sometime...) Last names are fun, but they definitely tend to drown out most of the picture. Can you identify who is who in this line of women?MacyJaclynLoriBeverlyLaRueEuniceHarrietAnn Eliza

Picking the Apples

This blog is meant to serve my entire family. Please send me more stories, memories, experiences, photos of people, heirlooms or places, songs, family recipies, etc., to my email and I will gladly share them here. Also, feel free to add to or correct or expound on my entries by commenting.

Family Pages I've come across

motivation from Michael Otterson, Ensign Magazine, Oct. 2009.

"Family history for me now is not just names and dates, but flesh and blood experiences to be passed on--stories to bind and strengthen families. Could the Lord also have had this in mind when he said the hearts of the children would be turned to their fathers? (Malachi 4:6) May your hearts truly turn to those whose sacrifices have helped you become who you are. May you feel the reality of the Spirit of Elijah. May you use your natural gifts, talents and experience to help capture the stories that make your families special, and that will help bind your children and your children's children through these common experiences."